Window shopping-----is it typical of females?

i love window shopping,so i do it to the maximumin kalyan.in andheri,i am a little careful as i am daughter-in-law there and my in-laws are very traditional!!!

THough you are young you are extremely wise riyasam.[How I would love to meet you some day--have you heard of that 'alpha' shop in Andheri So, you would pass on whta you hear from one ear to another is it?[em]lol[/em THanks for the valuable input.

Sentence error -sorry- I meant thta you would allow those sarcastic comments to let go through another ear.

That is precisely what I too do sometimes abbypringles. Only when I go to a distant place and it is troublesome to get back again I would make a firm decision and buy things.

'buy worthy' --you have made the point very clearly.True, we do feel bad if we buy some junk and it is lying useless at home and collecting dust.It would have been an impulse buy.That is why I think so hard before buying [but still would look around and frustrate those poor things. The saving grace and redeeming feature in my own self is thta I wont keep asking them too many questions.

Or a better way to put it would be, whether I should buy that particular thing I am considering or not. Sometimes, I have the tendency to impulse buy too. So, window shopping is a great thing to compare and see whether there is something out there that is more buy-worthy, if I may coin a word.

Thanks for the lovely respone.I am just the opposite. I would not look around in a jewelry shop but look at garments. I also browse books but here my purpose would normally be definite.

Haaa ! if the shopkeepers are female then they ought to understand our innate desire to keep looking at htings [whetehr we buy or not] THaks for the participation Drannh. THough this is not really frowned upon by those shopkeepers the men in the house pity their clan a lot as they are confronted by a female like me

I feel it is a long time since I saw you here, or am I wrong? Your husband seems to be slightly exceptional because men are definitely moer focused on their shopping and go to a shop or two and pick their item.Thank you.

Yes I came back to mylot after a long break about six months. I usually go for shopping especially window shopping with my friends. My husband when he is ger free time come with me for shopping. Usually this will happen when we are out on holidays or during some out station visits together.

It is a real skill to bargain and get one good product for a cheap price. I am not too good at this and only feel that my face has an expression that says "come cheat me".

We have 3 daughters so I did my share of shopping when we were younger. Did a major burn out! To shop for clothes for myself takes me half a lifetime. I change my mind over and over again and drive myself crazy..lol

Oh dear! I am also like this .Sometimes I myself get fed up and choose and walk out very fast.

Ok.So you must have had enough with shopping. I rarely go out and thta is why whenever I go out I AM QUITE EXCITED.thAnks for the response.

Spot on Paula! Now I too do the same thing; it is much more peaceful this way.If we have time in our hands we can browse around as long as we want without feeling fettered and sometimes guilty for dragging an uninterested person along.

I learnt that one fairly early on in the relationship! He stresses me out whenever he comes shopping with me, he huffs and puffs and always advises me to buy the first thing I come across so that we can leave and inevitably there is almost always a fight!

AHHHHHHH-- how can people be so similar ! I would also find it a bit stressful and in fact ehre will be a niggling feeling of discomfort within me when he comes along and I linger too long ina shop.On rare occasions my husband used to come along and I would prepare him well beforehand thta I would take one hr in a particular shop.THere are occasions when I promised to pick upa saree in 5 min and I have fulfilled it too. Now I find it simpler to go alone or with sisinlaw.

I dont go out much and when I do I kjust love to gaze out and do this window shopping.

Oh THea what a response.WHy dont you write the second lost half also for my sake/ I loved reading this 'half' a response too.But, I am not good at this thea.I am very scared and I feel it is wrong to cut the price by half but once agian I feel such a fool when the shopkeeper has pawned off something on me.See for eg, yesterday I got one small cute looking bangle and soap box for rs 120+75The woman who came after me was arguing with the same fellow saying thta he had promised the soapbox[ there were similar other ones]for 100 the previous day.this man quoted me saying that "this sister'[me,the idiot] just bought it for 120 I took hiom to task but of course the bill had already been paid.He looked such a nice good person and I didnt have hte heart to bargain withhim earlier and believed him when he said that his margins were low in those small items.The argument looked so feasible.

What you have written in the last para must have been quite irritating. And it is sad that thta other foreigner had been ripped off like that.Thanks for the elaborate response thea.

Maybe it's a bit different there but I've shopped in countries where it's a way of life and they are most excellent at getting much more than they ever expected from from foreign travellers. It's the sort of thing you spend a half hour at least over and one feels when the price is too insultingly low. But I start low 5-100 they come down to 90 - up to 7. I once bought a beautifu wooden chess set which had inlaid drawers in the board, many years ago in Tunisia for some ridiculous price like 10, then taking it back into the hotel another foreigner approached me as he too had bought one and wanted to tell me what a bargain he'd got for 100. He thought he'd done well. So yes I window shop in town, I sometimes even enter the window althoug with a strict policy of not being allowed to buy as other more essential thhings are needed that that cute dress, but some shops have now employed rather irritating assistants who have been trained in some new method of latching onto your arm as if a shop lifter and following one round straightening all the items one has touched, most off putting.

Joy evaldez ; there was also another email thatlisted out a number of things and the last statement in this was that " man invented money;woman invented shopping.' After that woman has stopped inventing because she is still shopping.

Hi Joy, ...a typical kind of window shopper. I do the same thing too. My husband is so amaze when he's with me doing my window shopping--he admired how patient i am to be so meticulous and detailed in my shopping.

Hahaha. You must read the email about the difference of man and woman on shopping. The fellow put an illustration of the difference. He lay-out the floor plan of a mall and put a woman's and man's track on it. You will see that woman will tend to visit each stall/boutique before heading the exit door while man only visit 2 stalls. Quite hilarious but very good interpretation of our behaviour.

That is what I too felt.Men just go out and buy what they want to.We like to linger abit.Thanks for the response.

Let them not appreciate us ; they will also give us their 'ever ' practical statements.[em]lol[/em And Sudipta these guys whom you have mentioned are those poor lovestruck youngsters.You can see them once they get married.

you do have a sweet boyfriend angela joy.

My boyfriend and I are like this. He accompanies me when I go shopping. I always appreciate having him with me because I want his opinion when I can't decide what to buy or if I simply don't know what to buy.

It's ok if you already know what you want to buy and where to buy it...you can really do it fast but if not then give yourself enough time to window shop to get the best buy... Zed you can try window shopping you'll love it hahahaha!

masfranscisco . Zed ! There is a unique joy in looking at different things and coming back with insignificant expenditure[ poor shopkeepers.] I do agree. Males are pretty businesslike in choosing their things.Thanks for the participation.

I'll try it sometime, friends.. That's right; I'm very much the touch-and-go type..

If window shoppping evolves and culminates in real buying then it si definitely good for business.Otherwise, the shopkeeprs are pitiable.

"to be pitied" .

But we would look at and get impressed by umpteen items while their choices would be few [in relative terms ]isn't it?

that i'd have to agree with you on. There window shopping list is short while ours is generally a mile long in some cases. We tend to want better things instead of just setteling though

Wonderful-- in the blood of every woman"--rightly said.And we get so much of joy in just doing this window shopping. I do not sigh at anything and if I need something I won't hesitate buying it at all.I never buy junk or trinkets too.So, I love this window shopping because I am quite confident thta I won't splurge unnecessarily.

Me, too, love window shopping he he... Thanks so much for the BR!! Really appreciate it!!

Men do not have many things to llok for and they ahve a set pattern I guess.

Men do not have many things to look for and they have a set pattern I guess. Thanks for the participation.